Environmental Conservation Police Colonel; Energy and Environmental Protection Division Directo

Introduction

Want a leadership position protecting Connecticut's natural resources and beautiful state parks and forests? If so, we encourage you to check out this opportunity! The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Bureau of Outdoor Recreation is seeking to hire an Environmental Conservation Police Colonel (DEEP Division Director) to oversee the Environmental Conservation Police Division. This position requires POST certification as a law enforcement officer in Connecticut.

If you are from out of state, you will need to obtain POST certification within 6 months of hire.

This is a full‑time, 40‑hour per week position. Schedule is Monday through Friday, with some night and weekend work and travel expected. The position will work out of our downtown Hartford office, located at 79 Elm Street, across from historic Bushnell Park. The role is responsible for managing and overseeing a diverse, state‑wide law enforcement agency consisting of sixty‑two sworn officers, two permanent administrative secretaries, up to fifty seasonal patrol officers and eight dispatcher positions managing a twenty‑four hour emergency dispatch center.

Duties include managing an annual budget, strategic planning, recruitment and hiring, assignment and adjudication of internal affairs investigations, legislative initiatives, policy development, labor relations, developing memoranda of agreement, asset management, and equipment purchases. The Director liaises with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and acts as public information officer at critical incidents and special events. The Division has five specialized law enforcement units which the Director manages, including K9, Chemical Immobilization, Boating Accident Reconstruction, Hunting Related Shooting Incidents and PEER support.

The Environmental Conservation Police Division is an accredited law enforcement agency with state‑wide conservation law enforcement responsibilities. It is made up of three unique geographical districts each managed by a district captain and overseen by a Colonel and Major. The division is responsible for over 255,000 acres of agency owned lands and waters that include state forests, state parks, wildlife management areas and boating access areas.

It also patrols Connecticut’s shellfish program, has a cooperative enforcement agreement with NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement, oversees boating accident investigation responsibilities and patrols state waterways. The agency’s mission is to provide natural resource protection and public safety through education, outreach and enforcement in the areas of fish and game, boating, commercial fishing, wildlife management, parks and forests.

Directs staff and operations of a scientific, regulatory and/or technical division; coordinates, plans and manages division activities; formulates and ensures implementation of program goals, objectives, new procedures and procedural revisions; develops, implements and evaluates division policies, goals and objectives; administers state and federal laws and regulations pertaining to the division; designs and implements performance review standards for division staff; prepares or assists in preparing the division budget;

maintains contacts and liaison with public and private individuals and organizations and other agency units with potential to impact program activities; recommends appropriate staffing levels; develops new laws and regulations related to division programs; serves as state liaison with federal programs; leads the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection; performs related duties as required.

Considerable knowledge and ability to apply management principles and practices; relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations; ability to apply relevant agency policies and procedures; energy, environmental or radiation protection principles, techniques, practices and issues; considerable interpersonal skills; oral and written communication skills; analytical, organizational and negotiation…